聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Harold and Brenda Johnston are back hosting their fifth season of the Red Market Barn. The beloved summer market held Sundays are enjoyed every year by locals and visitors from far and wide.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e try to mix it up every week, but still have everything people expect each week,鈥� Brenda said. 鈥淎nd we have a rather nice routine with a lot of our vendors of, every other week.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e don鈥檛 lack variety in vendors and have everything from home made products, arts, crafts, homegrown food, and more. And we have music every week as well as lots of food available.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Red Market Barn, in the loft, will now be selling the Angel book series by Henry Ripplinger 鈥� a Saskatchewan author.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Brenda also says that she welcomes community groups to fundraise at the Red Market Barn as well, all they have to do is give her a call to set up a good day for them to come out.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭his week one of my main bakers wasn鈥檛 going to be able to make it, so I called Jen Wotta from Arcola, her son is playing hockey with Selects Hockey this year and I knew they were looking for a fundraiser, so I said if they wanted a table to sell baking they could have one,鈥� Brenda explained. 鈥淲e鈥檝e had a girl here with her Cancer Sucks Project which was raising funds for the Cancer Centre, Wawota Raise the Rafters have been here a couple of times, a group from Maryfield just sold tickets. So, we鈥檙e happy to help promote local groups and we can potentially have two to three here a week depending on if they need a table or if they are just selling tickets.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 If interested in an opportunity to fundraise during a market day at the Red Market Barn contact Brenda at (306)577-1005.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 This year a lot of work was put into their yard before the grand opening to ensure continued success of the seasonal market.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e鈥檝e moved the fence out eight feet which gave us quite a bit more room and we鈥檝e built a new ticket booth,鈥� Brenda said. 鈥淪o we鈥檝e revamped the whole yard and it鈥檚 made for a better flow of people. Harold also painted the barn this year.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The market will be open every Sunday starting June 18 where 鈥渢he best shopping in southeast Saskatchewan on Sundays鈥� can be found.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 One unique vendor, which will be out every week, are Triple H Homestead. A couple from Hudson Bay, Marlon Jugl and Sabine Weibrich, who in 2009 came to Canada and settled near Hudson Bay, SK. They are currently in the process of building their homestead and business in a sustainable way.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 They live with kerosene lights, wood cook stove and furnace, using as little power as possible 鈥� although they do have solar panels and generator if needed. Their goal is to live sustainably, at one with nature.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淢ost of what we sell was grown by us, but we鈥檙e not able to grow things like vanilla or oranges, so we have organic suppliers, as local as possible, that we source from,鈥� Jugl stated.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 They sell a variety of jams, noodles, spices (no fillers and no salt), and herbal teas. One of their unique dishes are the chocolate noodles and peach rum dessert sauce.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e take advantage of nature as well, there鈥檚 a lot of wilderness in Saskatchewan and we鈥檙e able to forage, to harvest that as well,鈥� Jugl added.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Their efforts see German and Saskatchewan traditions come together.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淪he [Weibrich] can combine anything and make it taste good; specifically Saskatchewan tastes with German recipes to create something new,鈥� Jugl said.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Weibrich pointed to one product to explain, 鈥淭his is the Rose of Saskatchewan, and it鈥檚 a jam, but it鈥檚 made with rose water and saskatoons. Or we have saskatoon streusel, which a streusel is usually made with apples, but this one is made with saskatoons and they fit together awesomely.鈥�
